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TO BE FAIR, THIS FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION HAPPENED QUITE A LONG TIME AGO: ‘Disturbing’ photos highlight drug, homelessness issues in San Francisco’s SoMa. The scare quotes around “disturbing” are a nice touch, San Francisco Chronicle. As Harry Stein quipped in his 2000 book, How I Accidentally Joined the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy (and Found Inner Peace), you […]read more

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